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"Barefoot Dogs" by Antonio Ruiz-Camacho
An unforgettable debut of linked stories that follow the members and retinue of a wealthy Mexican family forced into exile after the patriarch is kidnapped.
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Book Description

Contains all 6 books from the Muse Series, in one great collection.

Enjoy the best selling, and first book in the mesmerizing Muse Series, along with the other 5 volumes as well. If you love V.C. Andrews style books that mix Gothic Horror with the Family Saga genre, then you will love this book. It's packed with lies and betrayals and twists.

Jimmy's world collapses as he sees his mother being arrested. Before he knows what is happening, he's taken to live with strangers that he's told are his biological family.

His Grandfather rules the family with an iron first. While Jimmy tried desperately to reconnect to his Mom and Sister, he must adapt to the abuse of his new wealthy family, a new school, his new job with the family business, and all of the lies and secrets that are uncovered.

***Also, checkout the new Nelson Estates Series that continues where the Muse Series left off.

Here is an excerpt from "As the Snow Falls - Vol. 1", the first book included in "The Muse Sage: Complete Collection":

My best friend just started cracking up laughing. “You know I’m your best friend and would do anything for you, dude….but, I’m not kissing you!” he teased. Hearing that made me laugh and lightened my mood.

That is, until we rounded the next corner. Blue and red lights were flashing near my house. I could see a portly police officer putting my Mom in the back of a squad car. She was handcuffed!

I forgot about Connor and my note from April, and sprinted to my house as the police car containing my Mom drove off. I don’t know when I started crying, but tears were streaming down my face. At first, I figured it was just snowflakes that landed on me, melting. I was screaming, trying to catch my mother. I didn’t know what was going on. As I reached my house, a tall, middle-aged, uniformed officer asked if I was James Nelson.

“Where did you take my Mom?” I screamed, through my sobbing and tears.

Enjoy the best selling, and first book in the mesmerizing Muse Series, along with the other 5 volumes as well. If you love V.C. Andrews style books that mix Gothic Horror with the Family Saga genre, then you will love this book. It's packed with lies and betrayals and twists.

Jimmy's world collapses as he sees his mother being arrested. Before he knows what is happening, he's taken to live with strangers that he's told are his biological family.

His Grandfather rules the family with an iron first. While Jimmy tried desperately to reconnect to his Mom and Sister, he must adapt to the abuse of his new wealthy family, a new school, his new job with the family business, and all of the lies and secrets that are uncovered.

***Also, checkout the new Nelson Estates Series that continues where the Muse Series left off.

Here is an excerpt from "As the Snow Falls - Vol. 1", the first book included in "The Muse Sage: Complete Collection":

My best friend just started cracking up laughing. “You know I’m your best friend and would do anything for you, dude….but, I’m not kissing you!” he teased. Hearing that made me laugh and lightened my mood.

That is, until we rounded the next corner. Blue and red lights were flashing near my house. I could see a portly police officer putting my Mom in the back of a squad car. She was handcuffed!

I forgot about Connor and my note from April, and sprinted to my house as the police car containing my Mom drove off. I don’t know when I started crying, but tears were streaming down my face. At first, I figured it was just snowflakes that landed on me, melting. I was screaming, trying to catch my mother. I didn’t know what was going on. As I reached my house, a tall, middle-aged, uniformed officer asked if I was James Nelson.

“Where did you take my Mom?” I screamed, through my sobbing and tears.

I thought the book was good, and did seem to have the feel just like the V.C. Andrew books. The only down fall to this book was misspelling of word and when he was writing about one character, he actually was using another characters name, in which I had to reread that part over again to see what actual character he was talking about. I also did not like the ending I thought he would go into more detail of what happened(But who usually like the ending of a book if it isn't the ending they like. lol) I have no other complaints than this. The book was very interesting from start to finish and I couldn't put the book down.

Writing style was poor, story was very short considering it was supposed to be 6 books! I read the first one in less than an hour. I got it because it was recommended as something I may enjoy as I liked the Virginia Andrews stories. However this was really disappointing by comparison. I got Vol 1 for free, then got the whole series because I wanted to know what happened next. Shame it wasn't very good.

The story is ok. Not something I am going to rave about. To compare this author to V.C. Andrews is a bit of a stretch. The only thing comparable to V.C. Andrews is that they both write about screwy things like incest. This book was newly edited in April of 2012? So there were even worse mistakes than the ones in this "newly edited" version? Whoever edited these novellas should be fird. Such simple mistakes that even my 5 year old could have picked them out.

I enjoyed the story with its the many conflicts that occur throughout the the book. It took only a few hours to read through the collection.I can agree with many that it may not have been worth $10. The collection of short stories seemed more like the end of a chapter not the end of a volume. Each Volume depended on the other for character development ans as such they really could not stand on their own as a story.

Would have rated lower, but feel author has good ideas and with maturity can expand upon all the ideas to have a broader appeal like V. C. Andrews has. Don't feel the book is worth $21. I'll keep checking ratings and number of pages in each book.

This series began well but any 6th grader with a basic knowledge of grammar could have done a better job editing it. The 1st book or 2 were good but it felt like the author had a deadline to meet and just wanted to wrap things up. So much so that near the end, there were mistakes even with swapping names. Skip it.

More About the Author

M.D. James is from Kennesaw, Georgia and has always enjoyed reading and writing. At a young age, she discovered a passion for writing after winning her school's essay contest in the sixth grade. After moving around most of her life, due to having parents in the military, it was easier to create stories and friends than to become attached to real ones.

She now resides in Cherokee, North Carolina with her husband and two kids.

Her first series, The Muse Series, is sure to become Amazon Bestsellers. There are four books in the Muse Series. They include: